... Please help. I am really scared. Last week my Mother had a chest xray done which showed a nodule size 1.6x1.0 in her right upper lobe. Her last xray was done about 2 years ago and did not show this. ... (4 replies)

... of the time they are nothing to be concerned with. He said it could be from pneumonia I had four months ago and from the recent bout of bronchitis. I'm still really anxious about this. ... (1 replies)

... GOOD NEWS!! I did get the blood work results back. He said I did not have cancer and I did not have a bacterial infection! YAY! he said the lungnodule may or may not go away but in any case, it was nothing to worry about. YAY! ... (17 replies)

... I had a lungnodule 8 years ago and i was dumb enough to have only the one opinion and the doc removed the nodule. This was 1999 and it turned out to be an old pneumonia scar , which did not need to come out. He left me burning , stinging and in chronic pain for the last 8 years and I am nearly disabled. ... (3 replies)

... ray last week in order to get a work permit for the country I am living in. They found a round, 6mm nodule on my right lung. They referred me to a respiration specialist saying that I may need a CT scan. Should I be concerned about this? ... (2 replies)

... eeling completely pooped. I wasn't coughing or anything but I was just whooped. I was also having really really bad pain right above my sternum and on the left lung area. So they did the xray thinking it was pneumonia or bronchitis and they came back neg, but they found the "spot" on my lung. ... (10 replies)

... My 85 year old father has a small "shadow" on his CT scan that is going to be biopsied next week. We are all scared to death. He had bad case of pneumonia almost 2 years ago and doctor said it could be scar tissue from that. ... (1 replies)

... Big difference, and I can't imagine a nodule growing that fast to reach cms. Anyway, Once the pneumonia clears up things will be easier to evaluate and you'll feel better. Good luck and take it easy. ... (12 replies)

... r left mass. It turned out that I had MAC., a non communical disease, and I was treated for it. Your nodules sound to me to be a result of the after affects of lung infections. I wouldn't be too concerned about them, and just continue with your scheduled CT scans. ... (3 replies)

... Thanks for sharing your info. I am going a little nuts, because I am waiting to get the PET scan scheduled. I have had 3 cases of pneumonia and use to get broncitis all the time but had 2 pneumonia shots and can't have any more. ... (3 replies)

... sure, it was cancer! I went through a cancer "staging" procedure biopsing all the lymph nodes in my chest, and all were benign. The nodule itself was in an area they couldnt biopsy, plus, unless they can get a positive biopsy for either fungus, infection, or malignant cells ect.. ... (5 replies)

... y minimum airspace opacities in the upper lobes bilaterally, nonspecific, but may represent post inflammatory changes. In addition, there is aa more discrete 5mm nodule identified along minor fissure projecting in the base of the right upper lobe. ... (6 replies)